Early Women Sociological Analysis

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Introduction In analyzing and exploring the work of early women sociologists, this essay will address their theoretical work and compare it to Karl Marx and his theoretical contributions. The key women who will be mentioned among this paper are Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jane Adamms, Marianne Schnitger Weber, and Harriet Martineau. The primary contributions of this paper include explaining the historical context and emergence of early women sociologists, explaining their main theoretical contributions to sociology, comparing their main contributions to Karl Marx’s theories, and evaluating ideas of early women sociologists in comparison to today’s society. This essay compares the work of early women sociologists to Karl Marx because although they are …show more content…

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Historical Context The emergence of the early women sociologists’ theories were shaped by women who have been influenced by social revolutions, and lived experiences. It is important to consider that feminist writing “started in the late 1700’s during the American and French revolutions” which included movements “against slavery and for political rights for the middle class; and the massive mobilization for women’s suffrage” (Ritzer & Stepnisky, 2017, p. 9). Therefore, this influenced the further theoretical contributions of sociology in later years. Some important sociologists who will be mentioned are, Harriet Martineau, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Jane Adamms, and Marianne Weber. Unfortunately, these women were “marginalized by the male theorists who were critical of the women theorists”, therefore “pushed to the periphery of the profession” (Ritzer & Stepnisky, 2017, p. 9). One of the first theorists, Harriet Martineau, helped with the task of “systematically and scientifically studying human society” better known as sociology (Ritzer & Stepnisky, 2017, p. 157). She aimed to write about the upcoming theory.

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